The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) released the names of the five finalists for its 2019 Compton Crook Award for best first novel in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. The finalists are: Mike Chen – Here and Now … Continue reading
R.F. Kuang’s The Poppy War has won the 2019 Compton Crook Award for Best Debut Novel presented by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Members of BSFS chose The Poppy War by reading and rating debut novels published between Nov 1, … Continue reading
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) released the names of the six finalists for its 2019 Compton Crook Award for best first novel in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. The finalists are: • S.A. Chakraborty – The City … Continue reading
By Nicholas Whyte and Colette Fozard: Over the last two weeks of October 2016, Worldcon 75 organised the 1980 Timewarp Project to test the new systems we have been developing for the new Hugo rules.We asked people to revisit of the sf … Continue reading
Last night’s opening ceremonies for Balticon 50, photographed by Sean Kirk. Pictured are the past and present Guests Of Honors in attendance for the convention’s 50th anniversary. From left to right: George R. R. Martin, Jo Walton, Joe Halderman, Jody Lynn … Continue reading
David Langford’s Ansible Editions has published his nonfiction collection Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002 as an ebook for the first time. The collection originally appeared in 2003. The ebook has all of that content, … Continue reading
To help bring back as many former GoHs as possible for Balticon’s Golden Anniversary in May 2016, the con is raising money, beginning with the sale of this souvenir t-shirt for $35 a copy. In addition to Guest of Honor George … Continue reading
Congratulations to Joy V. Smith for her fine interviews of two contributors to the Man-Kzin Wars anthology series (created by Larry Niven) in Expressions 107 (May 2009). Joy says, “The latest volume, Man-Kzin Wars XII (Baen, 2009), includes two great stories, … Continue reading
The nominees for the Sidewise: Sidewise Awards for Alternate History for the calendar year 2022 were announced August 29. SHORT FORM LONG FORM The winners will be revealed at World Fantasy Con, taking place in Kansas City, Missouri the weekend of October 26-29, … Continue reading
(1) MEDICAL UPDATE. Ursula Vernon told Filers the latest in a comment today: Thanks, all! Just catching up—it’s been quite a week, but at least there’s now a treatment plan in place. I’m gonna live, just gonna be a gnarly … Continue reading